Picea bicolor
Read about Picea bicolor in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Picea bicolor, Mayr (P. Alcockiana, Carr., partly. P. Alcockiana nova, Hort. Abies bicolor, Maxim.). Tree, 80-150 ft., with rather stiff, spreading branches: bark grayish brown: young branches dull yellowish brown, glabrous, usually only leading shoots pubescent: lvs. somewhat curved, with 2 bluish lines above, dark green beneath, sharply acuminate,1/2 -3/4 in. long: cones oblong, brown, purple before ripening, 3-4 in. long; scales obovate, finely denticulate and slightly wavy at the often recurved margin. Japan. G.C. II. 13, p. 213. C.L.A. 11:311. Gn.M. 2:24. R.H. 1903, p. 340. S.I.F. 1:4.Handsome tree, with less slender branches than P. jezoensis and of more rapid growth. Var. acicularis, Shirasawa (P. acicasaris, Maxim. P. japonica, Regel). Branchlets finely pubescent: lvs. curved, acute, bluish white above: cones light reddish brown, with entire not wavy scales. Cent. Japan. M.D. 1914:257. Var. reflexa, Shirasawa. Branchlets pubescent, light brown: lvs. more or less curved, acute, bluish white above, about 1/2.in. long: cones light reddish brown; scales nearly entire, not wavy, at the apex slightly attenuate and recurved. Cent. Japan. M.D. 1914:257.
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